flyblown
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (3)
- spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies“flyblown meat”“a sack of maggoty apricots”Synonyms: maggoty
- foul and run-down and repulsive“a flyblown bar on the edge of town”“a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town”“squalid living conditions”“sordid shantytowns”Synonyms: squalidsordid
- especially of reputation“a flyblown reputation”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Flyblown \Fly"blown`\, a. Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. [1913 Webster]
Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]